⁶ With what shall I come before the Lord,
And bow myself before the High God?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With calves a year old?
^7 (A)Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand ^(B)rivers of oil?
^(C)Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
^[a]The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

¹² “When you come ^(A)to appear before Me,
Who has required this from your hand,
To trample My courts?
¹³ Bring no more ^(B)futile^[a] sacrifices;
Incense is an abomination to Me.
The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and ^(C)the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.
¹⁴ Your ^(D)New Moons and your ^(E)appointed feasts
My soul hates;
They are a trouble to Me,
I am weary of bearing them.
^15 (F)When you ^[b]spread out your hands,
I will hide My eyes from you;
^(G)Even though you make many prayers,
I will not hear.
Your hands are full of ^[c]blood.